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Based in Berkeley, California, the World Institute on Disability (WID) is a nonprofit that works to fully integrate people with disabilities into the communities around them in a variety of different ways.

Use this suite of tools and resources to generate and support self-confident and well-prepared job seekers with disabilities.

Employment Empowerment: Access WID’s evidence-based skills development curriculum and CareerACCESS Coaching and Individualized Career Plan, a powerhouse set of tools and approaches to integrate innovative and empowering employment opportunities.

Benefits Empowerment: Discover state-specific disability benefits planning training and resources from WID’s Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) in order to demystify the Social Security benefits maze and empower individuals to make benefits work in their favor.

Economic Empowerment: Learn new asset development and financial planning strategies via WID’s EQUITY: Asset Building Strategies for People with Disabilities, A Guide to Financial Empowerment and WID’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Training, tools to drive sustained economic advancement.